Los Angeles Star, January 17, 1857:
"The effect on the lower animals was very apparent. Horses, mules and cattle took to flight, or if tied up trembled and fell down with fright. Domestic fowls, and the birds, flew wildly about, uttering the most piteous cries.
"The river was thrown out of its bed over the banks, and receded; pools of standing water were driven about; so was the water in the zanja. In several stores, goods were precipitated to the floor; in one house, about $30 worth of bottles were broken."